No Virginia, Amazon didn't pay Melania 75 million.

No Virginia, Amazon didn't pay Melania 75 million. Obscure websites are reporting that Amazon paid her the $75 million. Here's where that $75 million went. 

• $40 million paid by Amazon MGM to acquire/license the film. 
• $35 million spent on marketing, theatrical rollout, and promotion. 

What Amazon has paid in the past. The payback is in streaming.

Examples of real streamer buys:

• Apple paid $70M for CODA
• Netflix paid $55M for The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Amazon paid $125M for Coming 2 America
• Amazon paid $80M for Without Remorse
• Netflix paid $200M for The Gray Man (production, not acquisition)

So, in the movie world, $75M is right in the middle of the pack